Monkeys Wash Potatoes
by Jaya Gurudeva Dasa Srila Prabhupada once told a story about a group of monkeys on an island who started washing their potatoes, after seeing another group of monkeys that lived on the other side of the island washing potatoes. A similar thing happened in German Switzerland in the mid-nineties. One of the most empowered book distributors I have ever met was distributing in a parking lot–when he saw a young man sitting in a...
It’s our Right To Distribute
After attending the festival of inspiration in New Vrindavana I was feeling inspired so I went out to distribute books. Right now I'm stuck in Columbus Ohio for a few days till I can get my motorhome running better so there weren't very many choices for me for distribution spots since I have to walk. A short walk from the temple is a place on high street where there is a barnes and Noble book store and some cafe's so I...
Spot Life
ALL GLORIES TO SRILA PRABHUPADA I was doing book distribution, door to door, in London when a 14 year old boy answered the door, he took a perfect questions perfect answers book. I suggested he show it to his father, he closed the door and a short while later is father appeared from the basement with the same book in the same hand. I said (for fun) "a moment ago you were a young boy and now you've got a beard! Doesn't...
Determiation to get Srila Prabhupada’s books
Time and again we have been told that best way to preach is to distribute Srila Prabhupada's books and often we also think that the best way to distribute Srila Prabhupada's books is to preach about them. But an experience during book distribution marathon this year revealed the reality to us. During last year's marathon we had set up a stall at the local Shani (Saturn) temple. It is in a Muslim locality and the two boys...
Experiencing A Higher Taste
After I spent ten days fixing up my motor home for travel, I was able to go out on sankirtana at a nearby university. Just a couple of weeks before there had been a terrible shooting at a university in Virginia. I was a little nervous, thinking that the security at universities might be increased, which would make book distribution more difficult. On the contrary, everything went very well. I even met one student who has many of Srila...
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